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1Title:  Seth Taft Papers     
 Creator:  Taft, Seth 
 Dates:  1933-2008 
 Abstract:  Seth Chase Taft was born in 1922, the grandson of president William H. Taft and son of Cincinnati mayor Charles Phelps Taft II. Following service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Taft married Francis Prindle and began a successful career with Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue in Cleveland. Taft was involved with politics and community activities for many years, including the reformation of the Cuyahoga County Charter in the 1950s and an unsuccessful Republican candidacy for mayor of Cleveland in 1967. He served as a Cuyahoga County commissioner from 1971 to 1978. The collection consists of awards, biographical documents, campaign literature, correspondence, financial data, meetings minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, research files, and urban development proposal reports. 
 Call #:  MS 5071 
 Extent:  1.81 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | County charters -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | City planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Urban renewal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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2Title:  Seth and Frances Taft Papers     
 Creator:  Taft, Seth and Frances 
 Dates:  1951-2006 
 Abstract:  Seth Chase Taft (December 31, 1922-April 14, 2013) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Charles P. and Eleanor Chase Taft. He is the grandson of American president William Howard Taft. He married Frances Prindle (December 12, 1921-May 14, 2017) on June 19, 1943 and they had four children: Frederick I. (Rick) (b. June 26, 1945), Thomas P. (b. July 19, 1948), Cynthia B. (b. May 24, 1950), and Seth Tucker (Tucker) (b. March 4, 1953). They were active members of the greater Cleveland, Ohio, cultural, civic, and political community. The collection consists of 31 scrapbooks which include agendas, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, building permits, campaign literature, certificates, children's artwork and letters, Christmas cards and newsletters, contracts, correspondence, currency, flyers, greeting cards, interviews, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, lecture paperwork, legal briefs, licenses, lists, magazine articles, maps, memoranda, menus, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, passports, photographs, plane tickets, playbills, poems, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, registration cards, report cards, reports, resolutions, scorecards, scripts, sketches, song lyrics, telegrams, tickets, and travel documents. 
 Call #:  MS 5127 
 Extent:  8.00 linear feet (31 volumes) 
 Subjects:  Taft, Seth Chase, 1922- | Taft, Frances Prindle, 1921- | Taft family. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. | Cleveland Development Foundation. | Citizens League of Greater Cleveland. | Government Research Institute of Cleveland. | Federation for Community Planning. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Board of Commissioners. | Laurel School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Hawken School. | Vassar College. | University Circle Inc. | City Club of Cleveland. | Cleveland Council on World Affairs. | Cleveland International Program. | Cleveland Institute of Art. | Cleveland Museum of Art. | Karamu House. | League of Women Voters (Shaker Heights, Ohio) | Art -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Politicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political campaigns -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Pepper Pike (Ohio) -- History.
 
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